In 1831 French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville came to the United States to investigate its prison system. America was then a nation of 13 million people populating 24 states, with a largely unsettled territorial claim stretching westward to the Pacific. Seriously distracted from his original mission, the 25-year-old Tocqueville ended up writing about America's people, culture, history, geography, politics, legal system, and economy in ways so insightful and prophetic that today historian...

The Federalist Papers are a collection of eighty-five articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in favor of ratifying the United States Constitution. First appearing in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers, this collective body of work is widely considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time. Although the authors of The Federalist Papers foremost intended to influence the vote in favor of ratifying the Constit...

Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Ranging from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the nature of moral virtue, human rationality, divine providence, and Marcu...

He that is to govern a whole nation, must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but mankind.Leviathan Audiobook by Thomas Hobbs is both a magnificent literary achievement and the greatest work of political philosophy in the English language. Permanently challenging, it has found new applications and new refutations in every generation. Hobbes argues that human beings are first and foremost concerned with their own individual desires and fears. He shows that a conflict ...

RITORNO AL PASSATO! Inizia una nuova era per gli Elseworlds, i mondi alternativi della DC, con il ritorno agli affascinanti scenari del Gotham by Gaslight di Brian Augustyn e Mike Mignola! Quando un meteorite si abbatte sulle pianure del Midwest, si scatenano eventi inimmaginabili: il tenebroso Batman di Gotham non solo dovrà affrontare la ladra Catwoman e un misterioso gruppo di assassini stranieri, ma sarà anche alle prese con nuove razze di esseri sovrumani al di là di ogni comprensione...

Ultron sempre foi um dos inimigos mais mortais dos Vingadores, e seus atos malignos são mais hediondos porque este robô senciente foi criado por um dos fundadores da superequipe, o dr. Hank Pym (Gigante/Homem-Formiga/Jaqueta Amarela). Em constante evolução, cada nova encarnação desse inimigo aparentemente indestrutível é pior do que a anterior. Mas nunca antes Ultron foi tão perigoso... Chamando a atenção da mídia mundial, o ser sintético destrói uma nação inteira do Leste Europeu. E isso ...

Uma guerra de territórios repleta de magia como você nunca viu antes! O capítulo londrino da Ordem Mágica entrou em cena, e esses gângsteres no melhor estilo de Guy Ritchie têm um problema com os Bruxos do Leste Europeu se mudando para seu território. Conseguirá a nova líder Cordélia Moonstone manter a paz?A tão aguardada sequência do primeiro volume de sucesso de MARK MILLAR e OLIVIER COIPEL chega finalmente ao Brasil!

Zarathustra" is my brother's most personal work; it is the history of his most individual experiences, of his friendships, ideals, raptures, bitterest disappointments and sorrows. Above it all, however, there soars, transfiguring it, the image of his greatest hopes and remotest aims. My brother had the figure of Zarathustra in his mind from his very earliest youth: he once told me that even as a child he had dreamt of him. At different periods in his life, he would call this haunter of his...